{"id":309902,"date":"2023-06-19T21:12:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T21:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=309902"},"modified":"2023-06-19T21:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T21:58:18","slug":"football-fan-hit-with-huge-ban-for-offensive-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=309902","title":{"rendered":"Football fan hit with huge ban for 'offensive' shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

A football fan was banned from attending matches for four years for wearing a shirt to this month\u2019s FA Cup final that made an offensive reference to the Hillsborough Stadium disaster<\/a> where 97 Liverpool fans died.<\/p>\n

James White smiled and chuckled after receiving his punishment, which also included a fine of $1870.<\/p>\n

White, 33, pleaded guilty at Willesden Magistrates\u2019 Court in London to displaying threatening or abusive writing likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.<\/p>\n

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White wore a Manchester United jersey with the number \u201c97\u201d and the words \u201cNot Enough\u201d on the back to the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on June 3. Manchester City won the match 2-1 against United, which is also a big rival of Liverpool.<\/p>\n

The Football Association said that it spotted the offensive shirt on social media and security tracked down the man wearing it, leading to his arrest.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is hard to imagine a more … offensive reference to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster,\u201d district judge Mark Jabbitt said.<\/p>\n

The judge added that the shirt worn by White bore a \u201chateful expression", calling it an \u201cabhorrent message", and that the impact of his actions are \u201cprofound and distressing\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to testimony, White told police after he was arrested: \u201cYou haven\u2019t even asked me what the T-shirt means. My grandad died aged 97 and didn\u2019t have enough kids".<\/p>\n

The prosecution said White had \u201cmany\u201d previous convictions, dating most recently to 2021, but none were soccer-related.<\/p>\n

The tragedy at Hillsborough in Sheffield, a city in northern England, occurred during an FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest when thousands of Liverpool fans flooded a standing-room section behind a goal in the overcrowded arena. Victims were crushed against metal fences, trampled or suffocated in Britain\u2019s worst sports disaster.<\/p>\n

Fans were blamed for years for the disaster, but after an initial inquest concluded that it was an accident, a subsequent inquiry in 2016 blamed failures on police, the ambulance service, and the Sheffield Wednesday team that plays at the stadium.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Hillsborough tragedy and other disasters in the sport continue to echo in soccer stadiums for the wrong reasons in what the Premier League has condemned as \u201ctragedy chanting".<\/p>\n

Two months ago, Chelsea apologised for its fans who taunted Liverpool visitors in chants that referred to Hillsborough. A few days earlier, City had apologised to Liverpool for similar choruses of cheers. In March, Liverpool and United jointly appealed to fans to end hateful chants before their match in Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Diane Lynn, vice chair of Hillsborough Survivor Supporters Alliance, said it was \u201cvery personal\u201d for people who were at Hillsborough that day and that survivors suffered with \u201cguilt\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow dare he make us feel like this,\u201d she said of White.<\/p>\n

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